'Splain Somethin' to me Lucy..
So.. some of you know that there are a number of actors I adore... (we all have our share, so don't go chuckling!)
One such person I have written about before... his name is Roy Dotrice.
Many know him from the television series Beauty and the Beast. Or maybe you saw Madigan Men, or maybe a movie or two? (like: The Cutting Edge or Cheech & Chong's Corsican Brothers)
Anyway... I need something explained to me... no, I mean it! .. really ! .. I don't get it!... I know that I'm not the brightest bulb in the package but I truly do not get this at all!
I collect some things on actors I like... mostly their movies, but sometimes they write a book or a book comes out about them etc... In this case, something I would like of Roy's are books that he's narrated.
Simple enough right?
Well, I must be living under a rock, because famous or not, popular or not, I need it explained to me why two such books that Roy narrated are so "freeking" high in price!!
They would be these two of 4 popular books... but... popular, to me doesn't make them worth the prices I am seeing... and the prices listed here are the LOWEST!...
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)
Audio Cassette (Audiobook,Unabridged) 5 used & new from $212.38 Roy Dotrice (Reader)
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2)
Audio Cassette (Audiobook,Unabridged) 4 used & new from $198.79 Roy Dotrice (Narrated by)
...now compare those to the last two books of the same collection, that Roy DOES NOT narrate!
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3)
Audio Cassette (Audiobook,Unabridged) 9 used & new from $48.73
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Audio CD (Audiobook,Unabridged) $65.00 $45.50 John Lee (Narrator)
Ok.. hurry up! Explain it all to me!! I need to know WHY I can't even come close to affording to have these audio books!! (I never collected audio books but I thought it would be great to have the ones Roy did... cha!)
After finding those books I am afraid to even look for any of the others he's narrated!!!... and I do love his voice! *sigh*
Books that Roy Narrated...
I did a dumb thing... I looked on the web anyway...
I AM SCREAMING!!! ARRGHHHH~! I have spent about 2 hours searching the web to see if i can find the audio version of Watership Down read by Roy Dotrice to possibly buy, ...since I know dang well I can't afford The Game of Thrones!
Do you think I can find ANY? *yeahrightsure!*
I found some sort of Download with stuff I don't have on my computer and will not download from some place I don't know...but to buy it? nada.
Not even on ebay!
I found one place that had an ISBN( 0600560589 ) number so I thought, "great! this will help me find it!"... nada..
First it ticked me off... now I am getting downright depressed. *sniffle*sniffle* I love you Roy... but I give up. :o(
All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
One such person I have written about before... his name is Roy Dotrice.
Many know him from the television series Beauty and the Beast. Or maybe you saw Madigan Men, or maybe a movie or two? (like: The Cutting Edge or Cheech & Chong's Corsican Brothers)
Anyway... I need something explained to me... no, I mean it! .. really ! .. I don't get it!... I know that I'm not the brightest bulb in the package but I truly do not get this at all!
I collect some things on actors I like... mostly their movies, but sometimes they write a book or a book comes out about them etc... In this case, something I would like of Roy's are books that he's narrated.
Simple enough right?
Well, I must be living under a rock, because famous or not, popular or not, I need it explained to me why two such books that Roy narrated are so "freeking" high in price!!
They would be these two of 4 popular books... but... popular, to me doesn't make them worth the prices I am seeing... and the prices listed here are the LOWEST!...
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1)
Audio Cassette (Audiobook,Unabridged) 5 used & new from $212.38 Roy Dotrice (Reader)
A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2)
Audio Cassette (Audiobook,Unabridged) 4 used & new from $198.79 Roy Dotrice (Narrated by)
...now compare those to the last two books of the same collection, that Roy DOES NOT narrate!
A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3)
Audio Cassette (Audiobook,Unabridged) 9 used & new from $48.73
A Feast for Crows (A Song of Ice and Fire)
Audio CD (Audiobook,Unabridged) $65.00 $45.50 John Lee (Narrator)
Ok.. hurry up! Explain it all to me!! I need to know WHY I can't even come close to affording to have these audio books!! (I never collected audio books but I thought it would be great to have the ones Roy did... cha!)
After finding those books I am afraid to even look for any of the others he's narrated!!!... and I do love his voice! *sigh*
Books that Roy Narrated...
- Watership Down
- Robin Hood TV series -
- The Prince and the Pauper
- Batman - cartoon series
- Death Gate Cycle Vol. 4: Serpent Mage
- Three volumes of George RR Martin's "A Song of Ice And Fire" with over 500 different characters! (you can see why I would want this!)
- Winnie the Pooh *Grammy Award Nomination*
- The Misadventures of Benjamin Bartholomew Piff
- The Little Mermaid
- The Little Mermaid (Xmas Edition)
- Pocahontas
- The Hunting of the Snark
- The Lion King
- Beauty and the Beast
- Beauty and the Beast (Xmas Edition)
I did a dumb thing... I looked on the web anyway...
I AM SCREAMING!!! ARRGHHHH~! I have spent about 2 hours searching the web to see if i can find the audio version of Watership Down read by Roy Dotrice to possibly buy, ...since I know dang well I can't afford The Game of Thrones!
Do you think I can find ANY? *yeahrightsure!*
I found some sort of Download with stuff I don't have on my computer and will not download from some place I don't know...but to buy it? nada.
Not even on ebay!
I found one place that had an ISBN( 0600560589 ) number so I thought, "great! this will help me find it!"... nada..
First it ticked me off... now I am getting downright depressed. *sniffle*sniffle* I love you Roy... but I give up. :o(
All I ask is a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
posted by DesLily | 7:24 AM
7 Comments:
O DEER! I don't think I'm familiar him - certainly not familiar enough to recollect his voice ... but it must be "SOME VOICE"... WOW! I never even realized that audio books were sooooooo much more expensive than visual books. (I mean even the cheap ones)... hm. Crazy!
Wow, those are insane prices...I guess it goes to show how good he is!
I'm sorry that you haven't been able to find Watership Down :(
Good Lord that's a lot of money!!! I have no idea why it costs so much, but it looks like anything that goes out of print having to do with this series skyrockets in price. It truly is a wonderful fantasy series. One of my all time favorites. And I haven't even caught up with it yet! I really want to buy the Subterranean editions that are gorgeously illustrated by Charles Vess and other remarkable artists but you can't even imagine those prices...we're talking over $700 a piece now that they're out of print. I'm afraid I'll never have those :( I would highly, highly recommend this series though...they're all available either in very large paperbacks (larger than standard trades) or hardcovers or if you can find a cheaper audio that would be a really cool experience. It would be so great to hear him read it though! This would be a good one to have on audio book with a good reader.
Just about fell off my chair when I saw those prices. Dreadful. I've no idea why that would be either other than they must be pretty special.
Melli" Oooooo you never saw Beauty and the Beast with Ron Perlman??? It was a great show.. Roy, played a character called "Father"...
Nymeth: no kidding!! I don't get it!.. I really won't totally give up looking for wathership down narrated by Roy.. one day I'll find it!
Chris: isn't it amazing! All of it! The price of the audios, the Subterranean editions you'd like to have, "original "first 3 hardback books of Pern are like 1,200 or more each...It honestly makes no sense!!
Cath: Makes me kinda wish I didn't like Roy Dotrice so much!! LOL..
It has to be that it is not available anymore...! And that they on't plan to re-issue it...That's all I can think it could be because as with so many other things like that--Like Books, for instance, it becomes "rare", and therefore the fewer there are around the more money these "rare" things will cost.
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